BACKGROUND The current study was undertaken to examine total hospital costs per patient of a consecutive implantation series of two 3rd generation Left Ventricle Assist Devices (LVAD). Further we analyzed if increased clinical experience would reduce total hospital costs and the gap between costs and the diagnosis related grouped (DRG)-reimbursement. METHOD Cost data of 20 LVAD implantations ...

Laboratory directors, hospital administrators, managed care plans, insurance companies, and governments continue to grapple with the competing demands of controlling health care costs, maintaining or improving quality of care, and addressing demands for increased access to newer expensive technologies. Although annual expenditures for laboratory tests are a relatively small part of total health...

With healthcare costs rising and healthcare value being emphasized, physicians now, more than ever, must capture and track patient care outcomes. Already burdened with electronic medical records, they must now collect outcomes data, as this information ultimately will be tied to reimbursement. Advances in Internet-based systems can facilitate the process. Not only is outcomes collection better ...

A number of enabling conditions are important to ensure Medicaid beneficiaries can access dental care. These include provider incentives such as reimbursement levels, patient and provider outreach, streamlined administrative processes, innovative workforce models, and patient navigators. Although Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) must provide dental benefits for childr...

PurPose: Unanticipated postoperative readmission will be a quality-directed metric linked to CMS reimbursement. In an effort to both optimize patient care and prevent negative financial implications, we have identified patient risk factors that contribute to unanticipated postoperative readmissions for plastic surgery patients. Building on this knowledge, the aim of this curret study is to crea...

PurPose: Unanticipated postoperative readmission will be a quality-directed metric linked to CMS reimbursement. In an effort to both optimize patient care and prevent negative financial implications, we have identified patient risk factors that contribute to unanticipated postoperative readmissions for plastic surgery patients. Building on this knowledge, the aim of this curret study is to crea...

Patient- and family-centered care is a model of providing care in which the patient and family are partners with the provider and care team. A resurgence of interest in patient- and family-centered care is due, in part, to increasing consumerism in health care and the linking of reimbursement to the patient experience. Individual radiologists, practices, enterprises, and radiology professional ...


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Patient experience is an important component of the overall medical encounter. This paper explores how patient experience is measured and its role in radiology, including its impact on clinical outcomes and reimbursement. Although typically applied to safety and clinical outcomes, quality improvement methodology can also be used to drive improvement efforts centered on patient experience. Apply...

BACKGROUND The Massachusetts (MA) Department of Public Health engaged the Injury Prevention Center at Boston Medical Center to develop a statewide baseline (2012) inventory of evidence-based (EB) community falls prevention programs for community-dwelling older adults. METHODS A web-based survey of organizations (n = 825) serving older adults was deployed in two parts. The Directors' survey de...